Chapter 824: Caught in Suspicion
An abandoned son who was wiped out, after his death, he inexplicably became a man of the year in Chang'an City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The six departments of the three provinces and the palace palace were all shocked, and probably Feng Du under Jiuquan didn't expect that he would have this kind of treatment in this life.
There is no doubt that the real murderer is Li Su.
Feng Du must die, if he doesn't die, he can't muddy the pool of water in Chang'an City, only by muddying the water, Li Zhi can protect himself, be dazzled, fly sand and stones, and survive in chaos.
Although it is necessary to die, when to die, how to die, and who is involved after death, we must pay attention to the heat. Died too early, inevitably there is a suspicion of wanting to cover up, arousing suspicion that Dou set himself on fire, dying too late, and waiting for Li Tai and the eldest grandson Wuji to make a move on Feng Du, it means that all the initiative has been grasped in their hands, no matter what the outcome of Feng Du is, Li Zhi will inevitably go to the fate of merging the state.
Li Su chose a safe and suitable time, so Zheng Xiaolou was ordered to strike and kill Feng Du with a sword.
The court hall of Chang'an City blew up.
Of course, it is an exaggeration to say in the history books that only a few dozen people were sentenced to death in a certain year, and there is a suspicion of advocating the rule of benevolence and virtue of the Holy Monarch, after all, if there are too many death row prisoners under the rule of the Holy Monarch, it will inevitably be a little slap in the face, and the number of death row prisoners will naturally be greatly reduced under the concealment and underreporting of the state capitals. Li Shimin's face was happy, and he felt more and more that he was really a holy monarch, and I was good to the monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
However, the Zhenguan Dynasty is indeed a rare dynasty with good public order in history, and it is not too much to say that it is "not closed at night, and the road is not left behind", and there is no room for survival in occupations such as mountain bandits and water thieves in this era, and there are not many major criminal cases in the country in a year, especially the cases of killing officials.
Feng Du, who was the supervisor of the imperial history, was killed in the dark alley, and it was in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and he was killed at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the monarchs and ministers of the court were really furious.
And it is good to die, when Feng Du was killed, it happened that Li Zhi's car Luan passed by the place of the crime, and what is even worse is that Feng Du asked the adult prince to go out of Beijing a few days ago, and Li Zhi, as the emperor's concubine, happened to be among the princes who went out of Beijing.
The time coincided, the motive was there, and this black cauldron was inexplicably detained on Li Zhi's head.
For a while, the government and the opposition all changed color, and there were many discussions.
As we all know, none of Li Shimin's more than a dozen princes are competitive, and most of them are not very good in moral character, and their father did not give them a good start, how can they expect their sons to be good? Starting from the emperor's eldest son Li Chengqian, he was famous for his mediocrity and cruelty, addicted to wine, and the dozen or so were no better, except for Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Zhi, the king of Jin.
King Wei is erudite, King Jin is simple, especially King Li Zhi of Jin, after the death of Empress Sun in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin took him and Princess Jinyang with him personally to raise him, and the courtiers can be said to have watched the two brothers and sisters grow up slowly, and they generally understand Li Zhi's conduct.
In the eyes of the courtiers, Li Zhi is indeed a very good child, smart, filial, gentle, of course, there are some small problems, such as too cowardly, such as fun-loving and not like to read, absenteeism in the palace school, etc., if you don't take the strict standards of the prince to ask Li Zhi, these small problems are just white jade flaws, which can be tolerated, Li Zhi in the eyes of the courtiers is still the innocent and simple good child, everyone loves him in their hearts.
However, this time, Li Zhi was involved in a life lawsuit, and it was a very serious assassination of the minister, and the suspicion was very serious.
The courtiers were dumbfounded.
Although there is a saying "knowing the face of the person but not the heart", but there should always be a clue for everything, the honest and simple child on weekdays, without warning to instruct someone to assassinate the imperial history of the DPRK, this is too terrible, but also too illogical.
After most of the courtiers learned the news, they didn't want to believe it, and they all said that the king of Jin was framed.
Li Shimin is also full of disbelief, Li Zhi was raised by him personally, it can be said that among all the princes, Li Shimin knows Li Zhi best, because father and son have been together for the longest time, it is precisely because of understanding that Li Shimin cannot believe that Li Zhi will kill, in his impression, Li Zhi's son is too honest, he looks like everyone is bullied, and he will cry at any time if he is bullied, and his temperament and conduct are good, such a well-behaved and obedient child will kill, if it is confirmed, Li Shimin's three views will collapse.
The monarchs and ministers didn't believe it, and at first they only regarded Li Zhi's suspicion as a joke. But two days later, Li Shimin and the courtiers gradually stopped laughing.
First of all, the Yongzhou Assassin History, after the Yongzhou Assassin Mansion sent a strict investigation, Feng Du was killed during the time, because it was nearly dusk, the city gate was about to close, and no one passed around the crime scene, and no one risked the night to wander outside, except for Li Zhi's car.
In other words, Li Zhi is the only suspect who can be traced so far.
Secondly, the eunuch in charge of cleaning the palace courtyard in Taiji Palace picked up a broken sword in the dragon's head canal outside Jingyang Palace. Only the first half of the remnant sword remained, and the blood stains on the blade were impressive. The wide mouth length of the blade coincided with the fatal wound on Feng Du's chest.
Jingyang Palace is the palace where Li Zhi lived for a long time.
One circumstantial evidence, one direct evidence, two things in front of the monarch and ministers.
Li Shimin's face finally felt a little wrong.
In his heart, there was finally a wavering doubt.
originally thought that Li Zhi was the child he knew best, but when the evidence was in front of him, Li Shimin reflected and reflected, and kept asking himself, this honest and cowardly child...... Do you really know him? Find out where his confidence comes from?
Once, he also thought that he knew Li Chengqian, but what was the final result?
Once, Li Yuan also thought that knowing him, the king of Qin, would be the final result?
Knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, especially the father and son of the heavenly family.
In front of the desk, there was a note of the history of Yongzhou's assassination, Li Shimin closed his eyes, unconsciously lightly buttoned the table, and fell into contemplation.
After a long time, Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes and raised his voice: "Come here, call Chang Tu." ”
Chang Tu soon appeared, like Li Shimin's shadow, forever wandering around him.
Li Shimin stared at him, his gaze was cold, and his tone was even colder.
"Feng Du's death has been investigated for the past few days, do you have eyebrows?"
A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Chang Tu's face, but his tone was without emotional fluctuations.
"The old slave is incompetent, and he has no eyebrows."
Li Shimin frowned, pointed to the Yongzhou Thorn History in front of him, and said, "The Yongzhou Thorn History found out that the pheasant slave is suspicious, what do you think?" ”
Chang Tu lowered his head: "There is evidence, but there are also suspicions, and the old slave does not dare to speak falsely." ”
"You also think the pheasant slave is suspicious?"
Chang Tu still hung his head: "Before the eyebrows were found, the old slave didn't dare to say anything, and he could only say that the suspicion of His Royal Highness King Jin could not be ruled out." ”
Li Shimin's face gradually became angry: "After checking for the past few days, you just gave me such a few nonsense words?" What do I want you to do? ”
"The old slave is guilty."
"Who is the murderer, and it is so difficult to find?"
Chang Tu said: "The old slave has seen Feng Du's corpse, the murderer is a murderer, with good martial arts, it is easy to kill with a sword, but it is difficult to do, especially, after a sword pierced Feng Du's chest, it can also make Feng Du unable to scream for help, it is even more difficult, it can be said that after the sword was stabbed, the murderer turned the hilt of the sword, instantly strangulating the vitality in Feng Du's body, this person ...... He is a master of killing. ”
Li Shimin slowly closed his eyes again and fell into a long silence.
This son, who was raised by him personally since he was a child, Li Shimin has poured too much love and effort into him, and he will try his best to meet everything he wants, and he has never disappointed him. Li Zhi's character over the years is so cowardly and honest, but he always has a benevolent, righteous and compassionate heart, although Li Shimin is not very satisfied with his cowardly nature, but in general, he is quite proud.
More than a dozen sons, a lot of crooked, the only one who can handle it, but now he has become a major suspect in the killing of officials, from the heart, Li Zhi doesn't care about killing an official, what he cares about is Li Zhi's heart.
The son who gets along day and night, if he is also in front of him and behind his back, then Li Shimin, the father, will inevitably be too much of a failure, and Li Zhi is too terrible.
"Could it be...... Is he really suspicious? Li Shimin muttered to himself, his expression becoming more and more gloomy.
I gritted my teeth and didn't believe it, but the doubt in my heart was finally like a steel needle, piercing the wall of trust, quietly growing and spreading.
"Biography...... The pheasant slave came to see me. Li Shimin was powerless to give the order.
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Taiping Village, by the Jing River.
The chirping of the summer cicadas is hoarse, trying their best to make this dreary summer afternoon sound and colorful.
Li Su wore a hat and sat in the shade of a big tree by the river, dozing off for a while.
There was a fishing rod in front of him, and the long line sank into the water, and the fish had already eaten the bait on the hook, and ran away as if taking advantage of it, leaving only a small bare hook in the water.
Li Su didn't care, he didn't plan to gain anything.
It's just that a guest came today, and the topic that the guest and he wanted to talk about was too confidential to talk about at home.
It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard in the distance, which woke Li Su up from his sleepiness.
Li Su raised his eyes lazily, and after glancing at it, he stretched out his arms, stretched out a comfortable waist, took out a square towel as white as snow in his arms, wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, and muttered: "This damn weather, why not a heavy rain?" Saying...... Shouldn't I get a bigger pool at home? ”
The sound of horses' hooves approached, and Li Zhi, dressed in gray civilian clothes, dismounted neatly and walked towards him quickly.
"Brother Zizheng, save me!" Before he could get to the front, Li Zhi shouted with a worried face.
Li Su didn't disappoint him, as soon as Li Zhi's words fell, Li Su immediately said without thinking: "It's no problem to save you, a thousand times." ”
Li Zhi was stunned: "Do you know that something happened to me?" ”
"Of course I know......" Li Su glanced at him and said casually: "Feng Du was killed by me, and I deliberately arranged to point the suspicion and evidence to you, that is to say, all these unfortunate things you have encountered in the past few days are all from my hands, tell me, how can you thank me?" ”